Any comments on the bluetooth feature or the voice command?? I am picking up my 325i with NAV and voice command next week. My wireless carrier Alltel, has only one Bluetooth phone available, the Motorola V710. Anyone have any compatibility issues with their phones??
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I have the same phone and have done a little research, but I don't actually have the car yet so I can't say for sure. Aparently the v710 works if you get a software upgrade. It damn well ought to work since that is the phone shown in the brochure! If it doesn't I am going to drop Verizon like a ACME anvil.
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Quote: | If it doesn't I am going to drop Verizon like a ACME anvil. | Which could cost almost as much to get out of your Verizon contract as getting the Bluetooth option.  I have Verizon and I'm nervous that the phone won't work very well. I have read many complaints by other posters about the Moto v710 phone. I'm personally hoping that by the time I get my car in October, there will be other BMW Bluetooth-Verizon phone options. But who knows maybe it will be fine. 
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Quote: | Which could cost almost as much to get out of your Verizon contract as getting the Bluetooth option. I have Verizon and I'm nervous that the phone won't work very well. I have read many complaints by other posters about the Moto v710 phone. I'm personally hoping that by the time I get my car in October, there will be other BMW Bluetooth-Verizon phone options. But who knows maybe it will be fine. |
With the most recent software, the V710 works perfectly with the OEM BMW Assist/Bluetooth module. I have no complaints whatsoever. The phonebook transfers, the steering wheel buttons work, and the voice quality is very good.
I actually like the V710 a lot. It's a bit bigger than I would like, but battery life is outstanding and the voice dial on the V710 works very well (though note that voice dialing is NOT supported with Bluetooth for any phone unless you buy an extra module from BMW).
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Is that the BMW voice dialing or the V710 voice dialing or both? I use the voice dialing with My Blue tooth headset all the time and it is great..ok not great but pretty good.. Are you saying that the voice commands built into the phone won't work over the BMW system? What is the extra module? is that the same as the little cradle that fits into the arm rest?
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I've got the Audiovox Xv6600 PDA phone from Verizon. The car and phone pair up quickly and there seem to be no issue with the connection. I can use voice commands to dial numbers as well.
My biggest complaint is that the car will not sync the PDA's phone book. Not really surprising though.
Has anyone been able to store names in the "car's" phone book via voice commands? On my 330i I've tried "Save Name" and "Save Number" to no avail... I thought the car was able to store phone entries independently of what phone is paired to it? If I can get the car to store a few names and numbers, then the inability to sync my PDA phone's contact list would be such a big deal...
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